We're Getting Stronger

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SoulMusic Records (SMR) in association with The Second Disc presents this definitive, first-time-ever 5CD box set by this Grammy-nominated artist believed to be the most- sampled female singer in popular music.

A total of 58 tracks which includes expanded editions of the four full-length albums recorded during her association with Salsoul’s Gold Mind Records and a specially curated fifth disc that includes remixes, instrumentals, acapellas and reinventions from her Gold Mind/Salsoul catalog. All audio has been newly remastered by Nick Robbins.

Key tracks include her #1 Dance smash, ‘Love Sensation’, written and produced by Grammy-nominated multi-hyphenate Dan Hartman, her first Top Three dance hit, ‘Hit and Run’, and her cover of Debby Boone’s ‘You Light Up My Life’, which earned Ms. Holloway her singular Grammy nomination.

Includes productions by Norman Harris, Ron Kersey, Bunny Sigler, Ron Tyson and Vincent Montana Jr., all synonymous with the Philly Sound, as well as Floyd Smith, Bobby Womack, Tom Moulton and Patrick Adams, with mixes and re-edits by Larry Levan, Walter Gibbons, Shep Pettibone, Danny Krivit, and others.

Every album features legendary musicians including The Trammps’ Earl Young, Bobby Eli, Ron Baker, Steve Gadd, Cornell Dupree, Richard Tee, George Bussey, Larry Washington and Gordon Edwards of Stuff with The Waters and The Sweethearts of Sigma (Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson and Evette Benton), among others, providing background vocals.

A deluxe booklet designed by Ray Curenton includes comprehensive notes by the collection’s producer, God’s Music Is My Life’s Tim Dillinger creating the most in-depth biographical account of Holloway’s career on record with rare photographs and artifacts.

Tracklist

DISC ONE

LOLEATTA (EXPANDED EDITION)

1.  Hit and Run (5:59)

2.  Is It Just a Man’s Way (3:44)

3.  We’re Getting Stronger (The Longer We Stay Together) (4:34)

4.  Dreamin’ (6:19)

5.  Ripped Off (4:52)

6.  Worn Out Broken Heart (5:36)

7.  That’s How Heartaches Are Made (3:03)

8.  What Now (6:19)

BONUS TRACKS

9.  Hit and Run (Original Walter Gibbons 12” Mix) (10:57)

10.  We're Getting Stronger (The Longer We Stay Together) (Original Walter Gibbons 12” Mix) (7:18)

11.  Dreamin’ (12” Disco Mix by Carl Paroulo) (8:51)

12.  Hit and Run (Unreleased Walter Gibbons Jungle Mix) (8:51)

DISC TWO

QUEEN OF THE NIGHT (EXPANDED EDITION)

1.  Catch Me on the Rebound (6:08)

2.  Only You (Guest vocalist: Bunny Sigler) (6:15)

3.  Good, Good Feeling (4:14)

4.  Mama Don’t, Papa Won’t (4:58)

5.  I May Not Be There When You Want Me (But I’m Right On Time) (7:33)

6.  You Light Up My Life (4:03)

7.  Two Sides to Every Story (4:29)

8.  I’m In Love (4:15)

BONUS TRACKS

9.  Catch Me on the Rebound (Original Walter Gibbons 12” Mix) (10:47)

10.  Catch Me on the Rebound (Instrumental) (7:19)

11.  I May Not Be There When You Want Me (Original Tom Moulton 12” Mix) (10:19)

DISC THREE

LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY (EXPANDED EDITION)

1.  The Greatest Performance of My Life (6:59)

2.  All About the Paper (6:11)

3.  There Must Be a Reason (6:13)

4.  That’s What You Said (6:48)

5.  Baby It’s You (3:55)

6.  There’ll Come a Time (3:21)

7.  Sweet Mother of Mine (4:39)

BONUS TRACKS

8.  The Greatest Performance of My Life (Larry Levan Remix) (6:48)

9.  That’s What You Said (12” Disco Version by Rick Gianatos) (10:07)

10. All About the Paper (Extended Version) (7:09)

11.  The Greatest Performance of My Life (12” Disco Version) (9:26)

12.  That’s What You Said (Special Edit) (3:26)

DISC FOUR

LOVE SENSATION (EXPANDED EDITION)

1.  Love Sensation (6:02)

2.  Long Hard Climb to Love (4:34)

3.  Short End of the Stick (3:23)

4.  I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (4:42)

5.  Two Became a Crowd (5:22)

6.  Dance What ‘Cha Wanna (5:10)

7.  My Way (5:25)

8.  I’ll Be Standing There (4:50)

BONUS TRACKS

9.  Love Sensation (Original Tom Moulton 12” Mix) (6:31)

10.  Love Sensation (Original Shep Pettibone 12” Mix) (7:46)

11.  Love Sensation (Unreleased Tom Moulton Mix) (8:36)

12.  Love Sensation (After Hours Mix) (6:51)

13.  Love Sensation (Acapella) (3:30)

DISC FIVE

REMIXES AND REINCARNATIONS

1.  Catch Me on the Rebound (Original Walter Gibbons Disco Madness Version) (7:34)

2.  Hit and Run (Joey Negro Dub Sensation) (5:12)

3.  Runaway (Danny Krivit Re-edit) (8:37)

4.  We’re Getting Stronger (Instrumental) (6:04)

5.  Mama Don’t, Papa Won’t (Mama’s Mix) (6:18)

6.  Love Sensation (Shep Pettibone "Rough Mix" / Dim's DJ Friendly Re-Edit) (7:31)

7.  Stand Up (Pangaea’s Mix) (5:44)

8.  Short End of the Stick (The Reflex Edit) (5:43)

9.  Seconds (Special Club Version) (8:57)

10.  Dreamin’ (Jazz N Groove Mix) (6:48)

11.  We’re Getting Stronger (Acapella) (5:51)